Summer is here and with the new growth on trees and the flowering of plants comes the pollen that aggravates our immune system, causing some irritation and annoying symptoms. While medications can affect the symptoms, giving us almost instant relief, there are often unwanted side-effects, and none addresses the root cause.
Think of your immune system as the engine of your car. You take your car in for service if the engine knocks when you turn it off or has visible white exhaust. Your service technician doesn’t put a silencer or a filter on your car to stop the symptoms. He looks at the entire system, finds the faulty part and replaces it, adjusts, and tunes up your car. When you take your immune system in to the doctor, you point out how it’s overacting with a runny nose, clogged sinuses, a sore throat, itchy eyes, headache, and cough. He gives you pills or shots that take care of the symptoms, but doesn’t address your immune system where the root cause lies.
Acupuncture and Eastern medicine provide relief from allergy symptoms by working with your immune system in the same way a service technician works on your car engine. With Eastern medicine, there are many tools to strengthen a weak immune system and tame an overactive one. Our immune system, like a car engine, utilizes the energy we supply it. If the energy is stuck, the immune system can’t respond effectively to illness or fight invading irritants. We get sluggish, stuffed up and sick. By freeing up the energy to the immune system, it balances out to work harmoniously with all body functions. When our immune system has all the energy it needs, it will run smoothly and your allergy symptoms lessen and disappear.
We use a combination of acupuncture, herbs and natural products that work without side-effects, such as drowsiness or nervousness. Treatment protects your immune system from energy blocks or irregularities which allows you to go through your day without allergic reactions. The success begins with your first treatment, and with consistent, conscientious care. Come in today and breathe easier!
Dr. Koh is one of a few select doctors of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (DAOM) in the U.S. Dr. Koh has extensive experience as an educator, currently being a Professor at Stanton University. For more information, please call 661-257-1233.